Chuck Ross

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Chuck Ross is the managing director of TVWeek.com. He's been involved in the TV business ever since he sold cable TV subscriptions in Santa Monica, Calif., door-to-door in the mid-to-late 1970s. He's had regular gigs reporting and/or editing about TV and advertising for Cablevision magazine,The Hollywood Reporter, the San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Media and Advertising Age. He first joined the predecessor to TVWeek, Electronic Media, in 2000.

Deal Set for Conan and His Staff to Leave NBC with $40 Million

The basic outlines of Conan O’Brien’s exit from NBC were set Sunday night, Jan. 17th, The New York Times reports. The settlement includes a payment of about $40 million, a portion of which will go to the comedian’s staff members….

VIDEO: More Must See TV: On Friday Night, Leno and Conan Traded Barbs. Sample Line: Conan–‘NBC Thinks I’m Such an Idiot They Now Want Me to Run The Network.’ Hi-Yoooo!

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Golden Globes: ‘Glee,’ ‘Mad Men’ Best Shows; Lots of Zingers Directed at NBC Late Night Situation

As "Glee" and "Mad Men" took the Best Comedy/Musical TV Series and Best Drama TV Series awards at the Golden Globe awards Sunday night, NBC, which broadcast the show, was the subject of a number of barbs. The list of…

Being Allowed to Fail May be Behind the Success of Animal Planet

We continue our series of interviews with the top executives of Discovery Communicaions, TVWeek’s "Cable TV Programmer of the Decade." Today we speak with Marjorie Kaplan, who’s been with Discovery for 13 years, the last three overseeing a major transformation…

Attention Hollywood Talent: If You’ve Got a Good TV Idea, Starz’ Chris Albrecht Wants to Hear It

New Starz chief Chris Albrecht, who had an award-winning run putting great TV shows on-air at HBO for a number of years, has put out call for talent to bring projects to Starz, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Albrecht told THR, "I…

Book ‘Em, Danno: CBS Picks Up ‘Hawaii Five-O’

CBS picked up a remake of the classic cop show "Hawaii Five-O," reports The Hollywood Reporter. The series will be some major talent behind it: Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and "CSI: NY" executive producer Peter Lenkov. Says the article,…

Copy of Conan’s ‘Tonight Show’ For Sale Ad on Craig’s List

Last week Conan O’Brien announced that he’d put the the "Tonight Show" for sale on Craig’s list. Here’s the ad, cound by the folks at Mashable.com: email this posting to a friend los angeles craigslist > SF valley > for…

TV Critic Goes After Leno and NBC Execs in No Uncertain Terms

President Lyndon Johnson once famously said about his support of the Vietnam War that once he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost America. Johnson was referring to a report Cronkite once did where he said the war could not be…

Leno Staffers Say Don’t Blame Their Boss

Jay Leno staff members have come to the defense of their boss in the finger-pointing taking place over what caused NBC’s late night drama, reports the Associated Press. Producer Jack Coen said Leno is “being a good soldier, and he’s being trashed,"…

Nat Geo Wild Will Launch with Large Slate of Originals

National Geographic Wild, the wildlife channel that replaces the Fox Reality Channel in the spring, will launch with at least five new series and specials, Multichannel News reports. New shows include a documentary series, “Expedition Wild,” whose first episode will…